Al and Max, two hitmen, enter Henry’s saloon, looking for their next victim: Ole Anderson. They order food from the man working the bar, George, before rounding up Sam, the cook, and Nick Adams, a man who was eating at the restaurant. They tie towels around Sam and Nick’s mouths and wait for Ole to arrive, but he never shows up. The hitmen leave and figure that they’ll find Ole elsewhere. George tells they should warn Ole about the hitmen; Sam doesn’t think it’s a good idea to get involved in that conflict, but Nick agrees to warn him nevertheless. He visits Ole at the boarding house, where Ole is in a depressive state. Ole doesn’t care whether he gets murdered or not. He’d spent the whole day in his room anyways, with no energy to move. Nick returns to the saloon to report what Ole said. Nick says he’s going to leave town because he can’t handle the stress of not knowing what’s going to happen to Ole. George tells him to just not think about it.